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Plan commission forwards rezoning and approves Drury hotel conditional use with substitute arch relocation plan
Summary
The commission forwarded rezoning of the 33 W. Johnson block to UMX, approved an 8‑story, 205‑room Drury hotel conditional use and advanced a certified survey map. The applicant and staff agreed to a substitute condition allowing the historic Central High School arch to be relocated elsewhere in Madison (applicant to fund relocation and store the arch for up to five years).
The Plan Commission unanimously forwarded a rezoning recommendation and approved a conditional‑use application for an eight‑story, 205‑room Drury hotel at 33 West Johnson Street on Jan. 12, 2026, and forwarded a certified survey map to the Common Council. The approvals included a negotiated substitute to a staff condition dealing with the site’s historic Central High School arch.
Planning staff summarized the project’s history and past approvals at the site, observed that the Urban Design Commission (UDC) recommended approval, and flagged issues under conditional‑use standard 8 related to the hotel’s double driveway on Wisconsin Avenue and the appropriate treatment of the…
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